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Pop's student pilot license issued while at Westminster College, January 1943 | | Completion certificate from Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center, Melville, RI. | | Pop's duty pass from Sasebo Japan, 1946 |
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Front of World War II Honorable Discharge papers, dated March of 1946 | | Rear of World War II discharge papers | | Certificate of completion from Quartermaster School |
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| Envelope from letter sent to Pop while at QM school, 1943 | | Front of letter (sent on Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center letterhead) | | Letter continued... |
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| Pop's WWII winter PT uniform has been in storage since the 1940's, complete with the crudely sewn patches. (Quartermaster 1st Class rating) | | Here's Pop's M3 fighting knife. Most of the leather is still on the handle, so is the US "flaming bomb" proof mark. | | It looks like Jim visited a leper colony while in the Phillipines. He brought back an eight page brochure detailing the Culion Leper Colony in the Phillipines. He also had a coin from the colony (see below). |
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Pop brought back money from each of the places he stopped in during WWII. Here is a five Franc note from Algeria, 1942. | | A one Franc note from what would become Tunisia, dated 1943. | | An Italian 10 Lire note, dated 1939. |
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| US issued occupation money for Italy, a 10 Lire note dated 1943. | | A 10 Franc note from France, dated 1939. | | Japanese issued occupation money from Indonesia, a one gulden note. |
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| The Japanese weren't the only ones to issue emergency currency in the Philippines during WWII; this 1942 note apparently helped fund the fight against Japan by Filipino fighters. | | A 1942-dated deposit certificate for one Peso at the treasury for the Philippine town of Cuyo on the island of Palawan. | | A very American looking, Japanese issued one Peso note for the Philippine occupation. |
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| Japanese occupation money for the Philippines; a one Centavo note. | | Japanese occupation money for the Philippines; a ten Centavo note. | | Japanese occupation money for the Philippines; a 50 Centavo note. |
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| A 1944 issue Japanese 10 Yen note. | | A 1942 issue Japanese 50 Sen note. | | A 1938 issue Japanese 50 Sen note. |
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US issued occupation currency for Japan; 50 Sen note. | | US issued occupation currency for Japan; one Yen note. | | US issued occupation currency for Japan; five Yen note. |
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| "For Honour and for Her!" card from the Navy; their way of helping to control the "urges" of its fighting men? It looks like it used to have a woman's photo mounted in it base on the impression it left. I have no idea what used to be written on the back page. | | ID tag and bracelet from WWII. "USNR" for United States Navy Reserves, "C" for Catholic, "A" for blood type, "T" for tetnus followed by the date of the booster shot. | | 5x7 photo wallet with naval insignia on cover. Contained two 5x7 photos of Pop's then-girlfriend-now-wife Betty. |
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| World War II American Campaign Medal; awarded for service within the continental US for at least one year. Europe-Africa-Middle East Medal with three stars Awarded for Pop's service in the Med; stars for Operations Shingle (Anzio), Brassard (Elba) and Dragoon (So. France). World War II Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one star. Awarded for Pop's service in the Pacific during 1945; single star for Operation VICTOR III (Palawan Island.) | | Philippine Liberation Medal with one combat star. Awarded for Pop's service in the Philippines. Occupation Service Medal; awarded for service in Sasebo, Japan, during early 1946. World War II Victory Medal; awarded for service in the military during WWII. | | US Navy Good Conduct Medal (post-war reproduction); awarded for "outstanding performance and conduct during three years of continuous active enlisted service" Original WWII medals featured a straight ribbon with a bronze bar across it. Combat Action Ribbon; denotes combat service. National Defense Service Medal; awarded for Pop's 1950 active duty service in the Navy Reserves (during the Korean War period.) |
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| Mud, Mules and Mountains cover, comic book by Bill Mauldin. Pop’s caption: “Original edition bought at Stars and Stripes office, Naples, August 1944. Note Wartime paper quality. Original Cost 25 cents.” | | Pop’s caption: “Portion of child’s classroom book picked up while assigned to Imperial Hydrographic Office, Sasebo, Japan in January, 1946. Note Propaganda for war woven into text.” | | Page 14 of the Japanese children's book, showing a scene of Japanese soldiers and civilians. |
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| Face of coin from the Culion Leper Colony in the Phillipines. | | Rear of coin from Culion Leper Colony in the Phillipines. | | Pop's "ruptured duck" pin, issued to honorably discharged personnel during and after the war. Reportedly it helped MP's looking for AWOL servicemen indentify discharged servicemen on sight. |
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